The Lake House

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Dacor 6 burner cooktop installed....looks great. Missing a knob....ordered today. Toilets needed a good swish with bleach. 

All the newly planted trees look happy....lots of rain helps, but grass very tall too.

I'm going to throw out some clover seed, and see how that goes.  A couple dead trees need taken down. 

I'm trying to get to the out building, to count tile boxes, but it's muddy .....might be able to skirt around, on foot, and avoid the worst of it.

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Brother mowed and made mower available to handyman,which is great. 

I'll pick up strep meds for DD24, then send pics of wedding arches, etc, for handyman to contemplate building.  Nothing elaborate.

It's not optimal handyman's wife shopping wedding venues, for pregnant 21yo DD....lovely girl, btw



but might end up working together....work out for everyone.😱. What am I saying?  21yo is too young....my DD22 is horrified by the prospect. 

Still.....
still.

[sKePTiKal]

LOL... I'd agree on minimum age Lighter. But then, I was married at 18. Had two little ones by 22. Both in diapers, needless to say.

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At the moment, Escape To The Chateau, season 9 on Peacock is tickling my brain, in the background, as I work on master bathroom renovation, here at home, numbers. 

Also got the motherboard from the stove, figured roofing materials for shed, which will become studio space for DD24's boyfriend and his band mates.  He could use it to give private lessons too, should he like.

I switch to the logistics around all that, then switch back to decisions at hand.
The wedding prep, on the show, reminds me of the lake chaos, before first guests arrived.
My lake contractor's out of town, so will get whatever's I need him to handle, figured out.  Perhaps materials on site. 

I guess I'm doing this.

I have a lake sofa and bed with mattress and box spring to carry home, as I move between properties.

The idea of turning the basement mechanical room into a marriage room for flowers, etc, pleases me a lot.

Perhaps put in a little sleeping room....BUT.

And it's a big BUT.....my heart years to offer the bedrooms, sans sheets, for wedding party use......I just don't want to keep up with that much laundry.

I almost booked a San Francisco property requiring guests bring their own sheets and towels.

I have a bad feeling about that, BUT it's feasible, to my mind, as I focus on micro and mini elopement wedding packages.


Straight forward.....pared down...."affordable", but also special, bc on a private peninsula with 4 fireplaces and 3 fire pits.....if I settle on that.

Basement area turning back into one great space, with kitchenette, huge bar, fireplace and patio, waiting to be tweaked and lit with big floral chandelier arrangements!  The part I love!

Angel, the lady wife at the Chateau, is setting tables, in the orangerie, with mix and match china ..
:: swooning::

So beautiful!




Heading to ReStore and Home Depot now.  Must order the door and select tile and flooring.

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The dad and son are starting on a 7 course dinner for the upcoming wedding at their chateau!  Apple sorbet!  Toasted nuts and seeds for the cheese coarse!  Seems insane, but my brain is thrilled!

I imagine pig roasts at the lake.......and wildflower meadows!!!

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Handyman ready to mow and work on wedding ideas.

DD22 and I found the dead mouse in the house.  Coupled with BIG candle smell, in that armoire, is worse than only dead mouse smell, imo. DD agreed.

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Handyman mowing at lake tomorrow.  I might go.  Might not.

I have a truck full of found tile, I want to show handyman so we can brainstorm wedding ideas.  Need to unload it, but where?

An empty truck mean I can haul back what will fit.

How to create stable outdoor concrete block and board benches? 

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[Hopalong]

YouTube?

Good luck,
Hops

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Thanks, Hops.  I have lots of reference material, and had planned to work with contractor to narrow down ideas.

Instead, I'm refreezing the laundry room full size freezer and preparing to bag contents,cash/throw out involved rugs and scrub the (sealed) brick pavers and grout, again.


The trees look good.

The clover, I planted last trip, is coming up thick and happy .....but not where water washes everything away.

I'm going to make a list, as landscaping issues hav overwhelmed me completely. Will figure it out eventually.

On a happy note, I have many terra cotta tiles I'm considering for whatever plan is made for outdoor wedding area.  Picture 6"h civiry crown moulding and 3" and 2" chairrail/pencil mouldings......some in terra cotta, blue and green colors. 

Build a little chapel looking structure? An arch....tile it?  Use on walkway?

I know I can't the benches to be easily relocated.

The journey continues.

::heading into laundry room::

At least the house is cool now.  Last night it was 85 degrees and I mistook the freezer smell for another dead mouse.